Snow

Over the past couple of days the snow has been falling quite a bit now. As you can see the allotments are covered but i still managed to work despite the cold. At least it was dry. The early Broccili are somewhere under all that snow

The storage shed is nearly finished, just need a side and some more glass for the roof.

Down on the garden allotment everything is covered as well. Not much to do here until early spring. The bottom greenhouse will probably go up to the other pen sometime soon.

A view of the setting sun over towards Belthorn.

Raised Beds

The temperature has dropped quite a bit and there has been a few flurries of snow. Nothing too deep but many places the roads are quite icy. I still managed a few hours this afternoon though.

So armed with a flask of coffee and a fire i managed to build two raised beds and another car load of manure, with this i managed to cover one of the asparagus beds.

Manure and Garlic

I am on holiday now for a couple of week so i can spend a bit more time on the allotment. Not much to do plant wise but lots of tidying up and setting things out ready for next year.

First job for today was manure. As you can see I dont have a trailer so I use a large builders bag, tie up the corners and shovel it in. Then all i need to do is fork it into the wheelbarrow and on it goes. Granted the car does stink afterwards but i dont mind it too much. Anyway I managed to get 4 car loads on today before it got too cold. The weather forecast is cold and snow but at least there was some blue sky mixed in

The next job was to plant out the garlic. I put these into individual cell earlier in october in the greenhouse. There is plenty of strong growth to get them going and the cold weather will encourage the cloves to split.

These are some autumn onions. They are a little late but they should grow ok for pulling next summer when the autumn onions from this year have run out. The yellow onions grown this year are keeping well but the red ones have started to rot, I believe red dont keep too well so next year i will use them up first instead of storing.

Plot in December

These are just some photo's of the allotment in December. The first picture is the sprouting broccoli, growing strong for next spring. They seem very large plants so i will see how much they crop to see if they are worth it. The next has the swiss chard and perennial spinach. Then its the kales, curly and black.

Most of the tender plants and pot are in the greenhouse for some added protection. I am hoping to bring one of the greenhouses form the other pen to fit on the far end to make a bigger greenhouse.

These next two picture just show what the pen looks like this time of year